Title :
Local slant estimation for handwritten English words
Author :
Ding, Yimei ; Ohyama, Wataru ; Kimura, Fumitaka ; Shridhar, M.
Author_Institution :
Mie Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes three methods for local slant estimation, which are simple iterative method, high-speed iterative method, and 8-directional chain code method. The experimental results show that the proposed methods can estimate and correct local slant more accurately than the average slant correction.
Keywords :
handwritten character recognition; iterative methods; natural languages; directional chain code method; handwritten English words; iterative method; local slant estimation; Character recognition; Conferences; Filters; Frequency estimation; Handwriting recognition; Iterative methods; Smoothing methods; Handwritten English Words; Slant Correction; Slant Estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2004. IWFHR-9 2004. Ninth International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2187-8
DOI :
10.1109/IWFHR.2004.64